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"Photo Opportunity" 2005
Mixed media interactive kinetic sculpture
55" h x 24" x 18"

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Ian Burns sculpture. Photo Opportunity. 2005         Ian Burns sculpture. Photo Opportunity. 2005         Ian Burns sculpture.Photo Opportunity. 2005        

 

Photo Opportunity creates both a toy theater, and a shadow theater screen based rendition of action drawn from images of the Iraq prison abuse scandal.

The actions shows the prison guard rhythmically sodomizing the hooded prisoner with a broom while a guard dog watches on. Viewers interact with the work by pressing the camera shutter button, at which point the guard briefly interrupts their work to give a thumbs up and both dog and guard give a winning smile, before the awful task is resumed.

This piece is a sister work to "No Photo Opportunity".

 

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